[BERG] 4pm online - BERG Seminar - Carri Westgarth

Dear Bergers, I'm delighted to announce that today's Berg seminar will be by Carri Westgarth, from the University of Liverpool. The seminar will be online at 4pm TODAY (Wednesday Feb 8th )at this link. Below is her abstract and the list of other upcoming talks: You see a dog - you read their story - you fall in love” Importing rescue dogs from overseas In this presentation Carri will present her research studies on the importation of overseas rescue dogs. Despite this being both a very popular and contentious practice there was virtually no research evidence in this area until very recently. Findings will be presented regarding both positive and negative welfare implications for both the dogs and the owners. Finally, challenges and implications for practice and policy in this area are discussed. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz… Upcoming BERG seminars: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Title Location Feb 8 16:00 Carrie Westgarth University of Liverpool “You see a dog - you read their story - you fall in love” Importing rescue dogs from overseas Online Feb 15 Feb 22 March 1 16:00 Elizabeth Marks University of Bath Understanding and responding to eco-distress and climate anxiety Online March 8 Reading Week March 15 16:00 Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institutet TBA Online March 22 16:00 Mike Radford University of Aberdeen TBA TBA March 29 16:00 Maria Ojala Örebro University TBA Online April 5 16:00 Lucie Rigaill Université Rennes Multimodal sexual communication in Afro-eurasian monkeys Online April 12 OPEN April 19th 16:00 Alexandra Horowitz Barnard College Who is the dog? Online April 26th 16:00 Pawel Fedurek University of Stirling Sound Recording Workshop In - person: C3A94 May 3rd 10:00 AM Cécile Sarabian University of Hong Kong Risk perception and potential applications in wildlife management and conservation Online -------------------------- Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD Lecturer in Psychology Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651 Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/ Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology Academic editor: PLOS ONE ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159